Some great candidates in there. Benoot and Van Lerberghe without a pro win, Caruso without an individual victory since 2013.

Kinda surprising to see Contador and Izagirre (both 5 wins in 2016) that high,but actually it's not easy to see them disappear from this list now considering Ions injury and Contadors lack of possibilities the rest of the season. If he rides La Vuelta he's gonna increase his lead for sure.

A guy like Bookwalter might be off the list in a weeks time, but I can see Haas make a leap before the season ends.

I can see Benoot "the eternal second", a beloved underdog, his wistful and sometimes pained smile familiar to cycling fans everywhere, turning up to the Ronde van Vlaanderen some years in the future. Over 200 podium places in his career, including of all four Grand Tours and all seven Monuments. He got to the start line, as usual thinking "maybe today". He took his retirement lap of honour by drifting off the front as soon as the flag dropped. Although it was dangerous for the peloton to let such a famous and storied rider go (remember the time Chris Froome was starting to fade in his bid for a tenth Tour so Sir Nicolas Portal ordered Benoot to wait for him, despite Benoot having a 10 minute lead with only 150m of Mont Ventoux to go?), they knew he was the wrong side of 35 and besides, it was Benoot, he'll never win! Little did they know they wouldn't see him again all day. As he crossed the finishing line in Duinkerken (the Greater Netherlands having invaded in 2025), he got off his bike, raised it aloft, and savoured the moment and soaked in the cheers from the adoring fans, many of whom weren't even alive when he was picking up his first top 10s. He decided, like Cincinnatus returning to his farm, that the first half of his life's work was complete, so he announced to the expectant media that he was retiring immediately. That evening as he opened his emails to reply to the offer to become an economics professor at UGent, he realised he had just one last engagement with the world of cycling: to join the cyclingnews forum and write "Benoot OUT!" in The Amazing Race to Most Top10 Without a Win - 2030 Edition.

I can see Benoot "the eternal second", a beloved underdog, his wistful and sometimes pained smile familiar to cycling fans everywhere, turning up to the Ronde van Vlaanderen some years in the future. Over 200 podium places in his career, including of all four Grand Tours and all seven Monuments. He got to the start line, as usual thinking "maybe today". He took his retirement lap of honour by drifting off the front as soon as the flag dropped. Although it was dangerous for the peloton to let such a famous and storied rider go (remember the time Chris Froome was starting to fade in his bid for a tenth Tour so Sir Nicolas Portal ordered Benoot to wait for him, despite Benoot having a 10 minute lead with only 150m of Mont Ventoux to go?), they knew he was the wrong side of 35 and besides, it was Benoot, he'll never win! Little did they know they wouldn't see him again all day. As he crossed the finishing line in Duinkerken (the Greater Netherlands having invaded in 2025), he got off his bike, raised it aloft, and savoured the moment and soaked in the cheers from the adoring fans, many of whom weren't even alive when he was picking up his first top 10s. He decided, like Cincinnatus returning to his farm, that the first half of his life's work was complete, so he announced to the expectant media that he was retiring immediately. That evening as he opened his emails to reply to the offer to become an economics professor at UGent, he realised he had just one last engagement with the world of cycling: to join the cyclingnews forum and write "Benoot OUT!" in The Amazing Race to Most Top10 Without a Win - 2030 Edition.

TMP402 wrote:I can see Benoot "the eternal second", a beloved underdog, his wistful and sometimes pained smile familiar to cycling fans everywhere, turning up to the Ronde van Vlaanderen some years in the future. Over 200 podium places in his career, including of all four Grand Tours and all seven Monuments. He got to the start line, as usual thinking "maybe today". He took his retirement lap of honour by drifting off the front as soon as the flag dropped. Although it was dangerous for the peloton to let such a famous and storied rider go (remember the time Chris Froome was starting to fade in his bid for a tenth Tour so Sir Nicolas Portal ordered Benoot to wait for him, despite Benoot having a 10 minute lead with only 150m of Mont Ventoux to go?), they knew he was the wrong side of 35 and besides, it was Benoot, he'll never win! Little did they know they wouldn't see him again all day. As he crossed the finishing line in Duinkerken (the Greater Netherlands having invaded in 2025), he got off his bike, raised it aloft, and savoured the moment and soaked in the cheers from the adoring fans, many of whom weren't even alive when he was picking up his first top 10s. He decided, like Cincinnatus returning to his farm, that the first half of his life's work was complete, so he announced to the expectant media that he was retiring immediately. That evening as he opened his emails to reply to the offer to become an economics professor at UGent, he realised he had just one last engagement with the world of cycling: to join the cyclingnews forum and write "Benoot OUT!" in The Amazing Race to Most Top10 Without a Win - 2030 Edition.